Dave Spence
Dave Spence was the 2012 Republican candidate for Missouri Governor.[1]
Spence officially announced his candidacy on November 15, 2011. The move was a surprise to many Republicans, as Spence had previously said he would only run if current Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder, believed to be the preferred GOP candidate, did not.[2] Three days after Spence's announcement, Kinder said he would not be seeking the nomination for governor, but would seek another term as lieutenant governor instead.[3]
Biography
Spence was born and raised in Missouri. He graduated from Kirkwood High School and later earned a B.S. in home economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Spence served as president of Alpha Packaging, an Overland-based manufacturing company he built from the ground up, for 27 years.[4][5]
Education
- Kirkwood High School
- B.S., Home economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Elections
2012
- See also: Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012
Spence ran for governor of Missouri in 2012. He defeated Bill Randles, Fred Sauer and John Weiler in the Republican primary on August 7, 2012 but was defeated by Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6][7]
| Governor of Missouri General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jay Nixon Incumbent |
54.8% | 1,494,056 | |
| Republican | Dave Spence | 42.5% | 1,160,265 | |
| Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 2.7% | 73,509 | |
| Total Votes | 2,727,830 | |||
| Election results via Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
- Primary
| Missouri Governor Republican Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Dave Spence |
59.9% | 333,682 | ||
| Bill Randles | 16.3% | 90,686 | ||
| Fred Sauer | 15.1% | 84,019 | ||
| John D. Weiler | 8.8% | 49,019 | ||
| Total Votes | 557,406 | |||
| Election results via Missouri Secretary of State. | ||||
Endorsements
Spence's 2012 campaign for governor was endorsed by:
- The Kansas City Star[8]
- Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.[9]
- The Republican Governors Assocation[10]
- Missouri Corrections Officers Assocation[11]
- Missouri Chamber of Commerce PAC[11]
- Missouri Farm Bureau Farm PAC[11]
Campaign advertisements
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Noteworthy events
Defamation suit over banker ads
Tensions over negative advertising campaigns on both sides culminated on October 12, when Spence filed a defamation lawsuit against Nixon in Cole County Circuit Court for an advertisement that accused Spence of using his position as a bank board member to arrange an "insider loan" of federal bailout money to buy himself a vacation home. Spence firmly denied any link between the loan and the $40 million in bailout money the bank received in 2009, before he joined the board. He said that he was not present when the other board officials made their decision to approve the loan.[12]
Partly in reaction to the banker ads, Spence told the press days before filing suit that Nixon had "sold his soul to the devil" trying to win re-election.[12]
Nixon's campaign manager refused requests to take down the ad, which was airing in markets across Missouri. "You see a lot of crazy stunts during the course of a campaign, but this frivolous lawsuit is misguided and desperate," he said.[12]
Reliance Bank
Spence served on the board of both Reliance Bank and its holding company. In early 2009, Reliance Bancshares received $42 million in assistance from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). In February of 2010, the bank announced it was going to delay its first annual payment to TARP because of "continued financial strain."[13]
Later that fall, Spence purchased 500,000 shares of Reliance stock for $1.5 million. Spence defended his investment, saying "when the truth is out there" (about his activities at Reliance, it will be clear that "I did more to help things." The Missouri Democratic Party was "questioning his explanations about his dealings with Reliance, particularly when compared with the Bank's written statements filed with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission."[13]
Late tax payments
A review of tax and finance records indicated that Spence (or his companies) "have been late paying property, personal property, manufacturers' and other taxes totaling tens of thousands of dollars dating to 1995, and as recently as 2010."[14] Democrats allegedly used the information to counter Spence's "I want to be the CEO of Missouri" campaign platform. Spence's spokeswoman called the accusations "old issues" and noted that many of the amounts "are so small as to results in penalties of just a few dollars."[14]
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Dave Spence | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Missouri |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Spence was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Missouri.[15] In Missouri’s presidential primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 37 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Spence was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Missouri's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[16]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Missouri to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions on April 30, 2016, and at the state convention on May 20-21, 2016. Missouri delegates were bound on the first ballot at the national convention unless their candidate "releases his or her delegates, dies, withdraws or becomes inactive," according to Missouri GOP bylaws.
Missouri primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2016
| Missouri Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,681 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 3,361 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 8,233 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
40.8% | 383,631 | 37 | |
| Marco Rubio | 6.1% | 57,244 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 40.6% | 381,666 | 15 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 732 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 615 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.1% | 94,857 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,777 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0% | 100 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,148 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 3,225 | 0 | |
| Totals | 939,270 | 52 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Missouri had 52 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. The state's district-level and at-large delegates were both allocated on a proportional basis. The plurality winner in each congressional district received all three of the district's delegates, as well as two at-large delegates. The remaining nine at-large delegates were allocated to the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district-level and at-large delegates.[17][18] In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[17][18]
Personal
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Spence is the recipient of the 2009 Fast Track Award from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce for Alpha Packaging and the 2010 Fast Track Award for Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging. He and his wife, Suzie, have been married for 21 years and have four children.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Southeast Missourian, "St. Louis businessman to run for Missouri governor," November 16, 2011
- ↑ St. Louis Post Dispatch, "David Spence to enter Republican primary for governor," November 16, 2011
- ↑ KY3, "Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder won't run for governor," November 18, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spence for Governor.com, "Meet the Spence Family," accessed April 4, 2012
- ↑ SLTtoday.com, "David Spence to enter Republican primary for governor," November 16, 2011
- ↑ AP Election Results-Campaign 2012, "Missouri-Summary Vote Results," August 7, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "November 6, 2012 General Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Kansas City Star, "The Star's recommendations: The top candidates for state offices in Missouri," July 27, 2012
- ↑ KSPR.com, "GOP heavyweight Gov. Chris Christie stumps for Dave Spence," September 23, 2012
- ↑ St Louis Post-Dispatch, "Missouri Republican Spence gets $950k from GOP governors group," October 9, 2012
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 [http://www.spenceforgovernor.com/2012/09/17/missouri-corrections-officers-endorsement/ Official Campaign Website Press Release, "Missouri Corrections Officers Association Endorses Dave Spence for Governor"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 The Columbia Tribune, "Spence files defamation suit," October 13, 2012
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 St. Louis Beacon, "GOP businessmen look for new positions - as elected officials," November 18, 2011
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 MidWest Democracy.com, "Midwest Democracy | Candidate for Missouri governor beset by problems with late tax payments," April 4, 2012
- ↑ Missouri GOP, "National Convention delegate election results," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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